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Tuesday, November 4, 2014

Recap: "Jessa's Engagement"

Tonight on TLC...

19 Kids and Counting "Jessa's Engagement"

Since Ben
Seewald moved into the Duggars' guest house to work for Jim Bob, he and Jessa's
relationship has been progressing much quicker than when they lived
three-and-a-half hours apart. "The more I have gotten to know this man,
the more I have fallen in love with him," says Jessa.

Ben
approaches Jim Bob and asks for his permission to propose to Jessa, and Jim Bob
grants it.

"I
think you all will make a great couple, and I think the Lord is in this,"
says the Duggar dad. "You have Michelle and I's blessing."

Ben asks
every Seewald and Duggar, including Josh and Anna, to be a part of the
proposal. (Jill and Derick are unable to participate, but they stay in the loop
via texting.)

To kick off
his scavenger hunt proposal, Ben invites Jessa on a double date with Jim Bob
and Michelle but surprises her by inviting his parents, as well. "Something
must be up," Jessa says. The three couples head to Marketplace, the
restaurant Jessa and Ben ate at on their first date.

Jim Bob asks
everyone to hold hands while he prays over the meal. Ben grabs Jessa's hand, even
though Jessa and Ben have decided to save handholding until engagement. "That
was actually the first time that we have ever held hands," says Jessa.
"It was pretty special."

Josh and
Anna surprise Ben and Jessa by arranging to pay for the meal. The server brings
a gift for Jessa, the first gift that Ben has ever wrapped. He admits that the
wrapping job is far from perfect.

Ben tells
Jessa that the gift is the first clue to the rest of her life but tells her to wait
until the following morning to open it. "I was dying to open that
package," says Jessa.

The next
morning, Jessa unwraps the box to find a tablet with a video message from Ben
telling Jessa and Jinger to take an airplane ride with John-David to Eureka
Springs, Arkansas.

Joseph picks them up on the other end and drops them off at
a mini golf course. He hands Jessa a written clue that says she must get a
hole-in-one.

After mini
golfing, Jessa must board a trolley and identify pictures of Washington D.C.
monuments, a task that symbolizes the trolley tour she and Ben took while
visiting Josh and Anna.

Jessa's next
task is to gather a dozen roses scattered around a park.

Meanwhile,
the Duggars and the Seewalds head to Eureka Springs to decorate Thorncrown
Chapel, a glass chapel in the Ozarks where Ben will propose to Jessa. The two
families help Ben scatter candles and rose petals to prepare for Jessa and
Ben's big moment.

Next, Jessa
and Jinger join the Duggars and Seewalds for a train ride. Jessa was excited to
see her families but was sad to find out that Ben wasn't with them. Michael
Seewald, Ben's dad, stayed behind at the chapel to give his son a pep talk.

After the train
ride, Jessa and Jinger meet up with Joseph, who chauffeurs them to Thorncrown
Chapel. "Walking in there, I was totally speechless," says Jessa.
"I felt like I was in a dream."

Jinger
assumes her role as chaperone by sitting down at the back of the chapel to
watch the proposal unfold.

"I
trust you have had a wonderful journey today, but I trust by the grace of God that
another journey is about to begin," Ben tells Jessa as she reaches the
front of the chapel. He gets down on one knee and pops the question: "Jessa
Lauren, will you marry me?"

Jessa tears
up as she gives her answer: YES!

Ben slips
the ring on Jessa's finger, and the engaged couple shares a frontal hug.

"It's
beautiful," says Jessa, looking down at her ring finger. The two grab
hands for the second time ever.

"I am
thrilled at the thought of spending the rest of my life with Ben Seewald,"
says Jessa.

They
announce the news to their families and receive a lot of hugs and well wishes. "This
proposal is setting the bar just one notch higher," says Jinger.

Now THAT was a show to be enjoyed. The BEST show this series has ever shown in all its years on TV. It showed the Duggars living in somebody else's world -- Ben's -- and not the other way around -- people conforming to the Duggar world which is not how the world lives in reality. That was a GREAT show, showing the Duggar's coming out of the compound and into the world where they should have been living all along. Great, great show. Best ever. Ben is not marrying into the Duggar family. Jessa is marrying into the Seewald family. As it should be.

I TOTALLY AGREE..THAT WAS A BEAUTIFUL PROPOSAL!!!ESP WHEN HE SAID HE PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT SHE SAYS.AND HOW THE PROPOSAL WAS IN THE PLACE SHE WANTED TO GET MARRIED IN BUT COULDNT BECAUSE OF THE SPACE....CANT WAIT TO SEE THEIR WEDDING ..THE PROPOSAL WAS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL!!!!!

I love your show and your family.I have been watching it from the first show aired..I have cried with your family. and laughed with your family.. I wish there were more TV shows like your family with christain values. the world would sure be a better place... god bless your whole family from my family to yours

Our family loves yours! I think I've watched just about every episode as I recovered at home from a total knee replacement this summer. Now I'm back at work but so look forward to Tuesday nights for some wholesome family fun. What a ministry you've established by showing the world what a family focused on God looks like. God bless you all with many years of health and happiness (and more babies!)

I really think all our complaints worked, TLC was supposed to end the season with the wedding, now we have more episodeds, grrreat! Maybe they will end with Jills pregnancy.The show is returning is March:-)

Ben & Jessa seem more discret than Jill & her husband. We are not seeing much of pictures from rehersal, meals etc.... I like the idea they 're seeking privacy. I certainly understand why they wanted to have their first kiss in private. They have been so patient .... This moment had to be private, secret & protected. I wish them both all the best.

It was a beautiful proposal and very thoughtful. I was surprised by the full frontal hug after they were engaged. Was that part of what they felt was OK after they were engaged? Or just caught up in the moment?

I know that every bride is different and they like their first look and first kiss private, then why not have a private ceremony with just immediate family, and not thousands of people, and not spend all that money on gowns, bridesmaids and groomsmen outfits, and all that other hoopla? I would think if they are private about things, then the ceremony should have been done that way as well.

For all those people to come from all over to see a wedding ceremony of Ben and Jessa and have them run out of the church to kiss, and having to witness Jim Bob and Michelle kiss, seems peculiar to me. But I'm from the "north" and not from a big family, so I don't get the large wedding....and why wouldn't they just get married in the beautiful church where Ben proposed?

And again, as other have commented, inviting all those people to a reception and only having hot fudge sundaes....I don't get it.

I love it!!! A wedding should be a picture of the couple. Not just following a formula. As for them having their kiss in private I fully support them. Any way going to a wedding is NOT just about seeing the bride and groom kiss! If it is sacred and worth saving then it shouldn't have to be shared with a whole crowd and really the whole world on camera.

It's great to see a family that is teaching their family to do things the way it was intended to be from the beginning, I think we would have less divorce and happier marriages is more people followed theses principles. Congratulations and BE BLESSED!!!!!

I LOVE YOUR SHOW HAVE WATCHED YOU FROM THE FIRST SHOW 10 YEARS AGO I HAVE A QUESTION IF JILL WAS MARRIED ON JUNE 21ST 2014 WHY DID WE JUST SEE IT IN OCT I LIVE IN FLA SO I THOUGHT THEY TAPED IT AT THE TIME IT WAS HAPPENING AND YOU WERE WATCHING IT AS IT WAS HAPPENING IF WE DONT SEE BEN AND JESSAS TILL NEXT SEASON THEY WILL HAVE ALREADY BEEN MARRIED ABOUT A YEAR IS THAT THE WAY THEY DO IT TAPE A SEASON THEN YOU SEE IT THE NEXT SEASON AFTER IT ALREADY HAPPENED

That was a great way to propose! Ben did an excellent job, and they look very happy. I wonder, though, why Michelle and Jim Bob did not comment on the frontal hug. I was surprised they did not say anything about it, like they did when Jill and Derick accidentally hugged from the front. It was very quick, sweet, and innocent, and appropriate that one time!!!

I actually liked Derick's proposal to Jill better than Ben's. Their song was unique. Ben's proposal was too dragged out and no surprise to anyone including Jessa. Had he just cut to the chase and lured her to the chapel, she may have been taken a bit off guard. Both brides looked lovely in their dresses - I favor Jessa's style though. May both couples live happily ever after!

I loved seeing this <3 The love they share is so special and you can tell that the Lord placed them together for a reason. I loved that they shared a very sweet frontal hug and that Jessa teared up a bit. Ben really loves Jessa and she loves him.I pray that the Lord blesses their marriage and gives them many years of love and happiness.

I am glad they went outside for the kiss. I got upset at Jills wedding when Jim Bob was the one that said " You may now kiss they bride ", that was the preachers place but Jim Bob had to show control until the very end. It is not his wedding, lighten up.

I'm thinking the reason JB and Michelle did not comment on the frontal hug, was because they did not witness it. Jinger and the crew were the only ones there. Maybe Jessa and Ben decided they could do frontal hugs once they were engaged. We have not seen any shows since the engagement so we don't know!

The proposal was really fun and creative. Jessa may not have not been surprised but how fun having this day of clues and activities with your sister with you that leads you to the best part! The church was gorgeous! I am curious how Ben could afford this particular scavenger hunt. I'm sure the private trolley and train ride, meal on the train, etc... cost a bit. Hopefully, all the participants, people 'guarding' roses in park and such we're volunteers. That would be fun!

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Oh, dear Jessa Seewald, you are so godly and beautiful! God designed your relationship so well, and I`m so happy for you that you are married to Ben! I pray God will watch over you and Ben, I love you guys!!!!! <3

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